During the year ending the 31st March, 1847: TOTAL NUMBER OF RECRUITS During the year ending the 31st March, 1848 : During the year ending the 31st March, 1849: TOTAL NUMBER OF RECRUITS During the year ending the 31st March, 1850: During the year ending the 31st March, 1851 : TOTAL NUMBER OF RECRUITS S During the year ending the 31st March, 1852 : TOTAL NUMBER OF RECRUITS Making a total of 149,797 recruits medically inspected in nine years, of which number 99,361 were found fit for service, and 50,436 rejected; giving an average of over 11,000 men approved yearly. Of these 30,531 have been approved in Ireland, 14,703 in Scotland, and the remaining 54,127 in England, in which last are included recruits from Wales and natives of Foreign Countries. A Table showing the Causes of Rejection in Classes. 2 Unsound Health, Marks of Treatment, as Cupping, Leeching, Setons, Issues, Blistering, &c. 3 Muscular Tenuity, want of sufficient physical 4089 7 Want of due capacity or malformation of the 8 Defective condition of the superior Extremities, from Fracture, Contraction, Mutilation, Luxation, &c. &c. ... 9 Hernia, Inguinal, Femoral, Umbilical ... ... 2158 1686 10 Tendency to Rupture from laxity of the Groins 2538 11 Varicose state of the Veins of the Spermatic 13 Varicose state of the Veins of the Lower Ex 14 Defective condition of the Inferior Extremities, from Fracture, Contraction, Luxation, Malformation, or Injury of Feet, Ankles, &c. &c. 5510 15 Cicatrices, Ulcers, Wounds, and Chronic Diseases of the Skin ... ... ... ... ... ... 3410 585 ... 847 358 ... 254 1069 304 238 1691 21 Marks of Corporal Punishment... 22 Marked with the letter D ... 23 All other Causes ... |